| You can’t find many cities as beautiful and | | | | from the Paris Center. Manifesting a nice blend of the |
| romantic as the French Capital, which is known for its | | | | architectural genres of Louis XIV style and Louis XV |
| rarities. Paris certainly is one of the most unique cities | | | | style, the Chateau D'Auvers Sur Oise offers over 600 |
| of the world. It is the city of lights that has beguiling | | | | impressionist paintings of the masters, such as Renoir, |
| influence on its visitors. It is a popular tourist destination | | | | Lautrec, Monet, Degas, Pissarro, and Cezanne. The |
| attracting over 30 million tourists every year. | | | | Chateau also features Costumes, Fashion |
| Situated on the Seine River, in northern France, Paris is | | | | accessories, Drawings, Interior decoration items, |
| packed with tourist attractions. The city has plenty to | | | | Models, Documents, Posters, Art instruments, etc. |
| offer you inside as well as outside regions. In addition | | | | Abbaye De Royaumont – located near |
| to numerous top sites in the city insides, you can find | | | | Asnières-sur-Oise in Val-d'Oise, about 30 km north of |
| many attractive points in the outer regions of Paris. If | | | | Paris, Abbaye De Royaumont or Royaumont Abbey is |
| you intend to explore Paris outsides, here are some | | | | a Cistercian abbey. Built between 1228 and 1235, under |
| interesting places that you can visit outside Paris. | | | | the auspices of Louis IX, the Abbaye De Royaumont |
| Marne-la-Vallée – a town located near Paris, in | | | | is a great tourist attraction and serves as a cultural |
| Île-de-France, famous for Val d'Europe and | | | | centre. The Abbey has many members of the French |
| Disneyland Resort Paris. Val d'Europe, located about | | | | Royal family entombed in it. |
| 35 kms to the east of Paris, is a town near Disneyland | | | | Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace – a museum of air |
| Resort Paris, built with help of the Walt Disney | | | | and space, located at Le Bourget, some 10 km north |
| Company. Aquarium Sea Life Paris is the major | | | | of Paris. It is one of the best and the oldest aviation |
| attraction of Val D'europe. The Disneyland Resort | | | | museums in the world. The museum features more |
| Paris, located 32 kms (20 miles) from the Paris Center, | | | | than 150 aircraft and many works of art on the theme |
| is a wonderful holiday and recreation resort in | | | | of balloons. It exhibits the most modern air and |
| Marne-la-Vallée. | | | | spacecraft, including the prototype for Concorde and |
| Versailles – a fantastic wealthy city, located in the | | | | Swiss and Russian rockets. |
| western-southwestern suburbs, 17.1 kms (10.6 miles) | | | | Giverny – a village, located 80km (50 miles) from |
| from the Paris Center, in Ile-de-France. One of the | | | | Paris, west and slightly north. It is widely known for |
| wealthiest vicinities of Paris, Versailles is best known | | | | Claude Monet's garden and home, which is Claude |
| for the Palace of Versailles, popularly known as | | | | Monet Foundation now. Musée d'Art Américain |
| Chateau de Versailles, and gardens built by King Louis | | | | – an American Art Museum is another attraction of |
| XIV. Queen’s Apartments and Hall of Mirrors, | | | | Giverny. The Musée welcomes visitors to explore |
| where the historic treaty of Versailles was signed in | | | | American art of all periods. It features one of the finest |
| 1918 to end World War I, are the main attractions of | | | | collections of Impressionist artworks by American |
| the Chateau de Versailles. | | | | artists in France during Monet's time. It throws light on |
| Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte – a Classical French | | | | the links between French and American cultures. Ile De |
| chateau, located 55 km southeast of Paris, in Maincy, | | | | France (Musee de l') – a museum housed in |
| near Melun, in Ile-de-France. It is one of the finest | | | | Château de Sceaux, located 9.7 km (6 miles) from |
| architectures in Europe. Built in the Louis XIV style from | | | | the Paris Center. The Sceaux Château was built in |
| 1658 to 1661 for Nicolas Fouquet, Marquis de Belle-Isle | | | | 1858 for Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's minister of |
| (Belle-Ile-en-Mer), Viscount of Melun and Vaux, the | | | | finance. The Château today is a famous museum |
| Chateau houses a marvelous museum. | | | | offering the artistic, archeological patrimony collections. |
| Vaux-le-Vicomte is featured in the 1979 James Bond | | | | The museum features one of the largest collections of |
| movie “Moonraker”, and the 1998 movie “The | | | | the painters of the School of Paris. |
| Man in the Iron Mask”. | | | | Author writes for Holiday Velvet, a website providing |
| Chateau D'Auvers Sur Oise – a French Chateau in | | | | listings for Hotels, Villas, Quality apartments in Paris, |
| Auvers-sur-Oise, located some 27.2 km. (16.9 miles) | | | | France, and Vacation rentals in Europe. |